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☆ An aquatic mouse and an ugly blob-headed fish are among new species discovered in the Amazon
  + stars: | 2024-12-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | David Hodari | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
An amphibious mouse with webbed feet and an unsightly blob-headed fish are among the more than two dozen new species scientists discovered in a remote region of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. The haul of new species was also accompanied by another 48 species that are potentially new to science but require further analysis, the report said. “It’s astonishing — to find four new species of mammals unknown to science is pretty impressive. They have extensive traditional knowledge about the forests, animals and plants they live side-by-side with,” Larsen told Reuters. “These forests in the foothills of the Andes going into the Amazon are the most diverse in the world,” Jiggins, at the University of Cambridge, said.
Persons: “, Chris Jiggins, I’ve, It’s, ” Jiggins, Trond Larsen, ” Larsen, Larsen, Jiggins, ” Organizations: Britain's University of Cambridge, NBC News, Conservation, Reuters, International Union for Conservation, Nature, University of Cambridge Locations: Peruvian, Alto Mayo, Conservation International’s
☆ Harrison Ford gets a new snake species named for him
  + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
But the highlight of the trip to South America was discovering a species of snake new to science, which the team named for action icon Harrison Ford — a moment of levity in an otherwise dramatic excursion, noted Dr. Edgar Lehr, the lead author of a scientific paper describing the snake species. At the time, Lehr, who is a professor of biology at Illinois Wesleyan University, thought: “Wouldn’t this be cool to dedicate this new species to Harrison Ford? The national park is near “the VRAEM (Valley of Rivers Apurímac, Ene, Mantaro) area, which is the center of Peru‘s coca production and narco-trafficking,” according to the study. Otishi is considered “Peru‘s least scientifically surveyed national park,” according to the study. “This is very important (work), because we can only protect what is known,” Lehr said of documenting species new to scientists.
Persons: Harrison Ford —, Edgar Lehr, Lehr, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones ’, Harrison, — Juan Carlos Cusi, Ricardo Vera, Maura Fernandez, Otishi, ” Lehr, “, ”, Ford, Indiana Jones, Tachymenoides, ” Ford Organizations: CNN, Illinois Wesleyan University, Historia, US Department of State, Embassy, Conservation, “ Locations: South America, Peruvian, Peru, Lima —, Peru’s Junín, Cusco, Rivers Apurímac, Mantaro, Embassy of Peru, Washington , DC
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